"It is said that we all
seek immortality. We take photographs of ourselves and our family to gather
dust in oft-forgotten albums and attic trunks, to encourage memories of
our past, and in the hope that those in the future will remember us. Perhaps
the next generation will, maybe the one after, but fifty years after our
death, there will be few left to remember, and even less who care. Perhaps
that is just as well. The current generation needs to experience life for
themselves, and not to linger in the past. Yet it is important to know
of our ancestors, our roots of life that nurtured our birth and our very
existence. For interest, we may muse on the decisions of our ancestors
that have resulted in the very fact that we exist; and indeed, that you
are here right now reading this drivel. If I succumb to the weakness of
seeking immortality, I do so for only one reason - I want to be remembered
by my wonderful children Catherine and Sam. I would like to think that
they and their children will think of me with love."

Created for Catherine,
Sam, Sienna and Indigo - I love you so very much.